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NURS 242- MED SURG Exam 1 | 160 ACTUAL EXAMS QUESTIONS WITH 100% RATED CORRECT ANSWERS | 2025 LATEST UPDATED | ALREADY GRADED A+!!!!

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NURS 242- MED SURG Exam 1 | 160 ACTUAL EXAMS QUESTIONS

WITH 100% RATED CORRECT ANSWERS | 2025 LATEST UPDATED |

ALREADY GRADED A+!!!!

Nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without prosper hand hygiene and reports this to
the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other and refuses to take action. This is an
example of: - (ANSWER)Moral distress



A nurse manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority of the nurse
managers subordinates is using what type of ethical framework for decision making? -
(ANSWER)Utilitarianism



Which isn't an element of ethical decision making: beneficence, utility, paternalism, pragmatism
- (ANSWER)Pragmatism



Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected of her. Which
principle of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying? - (ANSWER)Fidelity



The nurse in a unit is caring for several clients. To distribute nursing care the nurse used the
principle of triage due to the limited availability of resources. The nurse is promoting which
ethical principle? - (ANSWER)Justice
一个充满爱心的人,能温暖他人,
传递希望。人与人之间的情感交流
Nursing ethics provides the standards for professional behavior and is the study of principles of
right and wrong for nurses. The standard states the duties and obligations of the nurse should
include which of of the following: individual, community, client, all of them? - (ANSWER)All
of them



When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma? - (ANSWER)When forced to choose
between two or more undesirable alternatives.

,The nurse manager didn't hire sally for the assistant manager job. The nurse manager informed
sally that she was a great fit but an internal candidate was selected instead. The real reason sally
wasn't hired was because her drug test was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning
didn't the nurse follow? - (ANSWER)Veracity


A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemo. An informed consent is not yet signed. The
client requests info related to chemo and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explains
the side effects and meds. The nurse answered all questions even though the client chose not to
undergo chemo. The nurse uses which principle of ethical reasoning? - (ANSWER)Veracity



Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his performance of nursing actions.
The nurse is promoting which ethical principle? - (ANSWER)Nonmaleficence



What does provision one state? - (ANSWER)Nurse practices with compassion and respect for
inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person

Patient has right to decide for themselves- autonomy to accept or refuse or terminate care (ie no
more feeding tube)



What does provision 2 state? - (ANSWER)Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient,
whether an individual, family, group, community or population


What does provision 3 state? - (ANSWER)Nurse promotes, advocates for and protects rights,
health and safety of patient 一个充满爱心的人,能温暖他人,
传递希望。人与人之间的情感交流

What does provision 4 state? - (ANSWER)Nurse has the authority, accountability and
responsibility for nursing practice, makes decisions and takes action consistent with the
obligation to promote health and provide optimal care



What does provision 5 state? - (ANSWER)Nurse owes same duties to self as others, including
the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity,
maintain competency and continue personal and professional growth (ie CE every 2 yrs)

, What does provision 7 state? - (ANSWER)The nurse in all roles and setting advances the
profession thru research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards of development and the
generation of both nursing and health policy



What does provision 8 state? - (ANSWER)Nurse collaborated with other health professionals
and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy and reduce health disparities



What are examples of vulnerable subjects? - (ANSWER)Kids, fetuses and human embryos,
pregnant, cognitively impaired, prisoners, terminally ill, elderly, undeserved population,
economically disadvantage people, traumatized and comatose pt



What is conscientious objection? - (ANSWER)Enable patient to refuse participation in an
activity that violates personal values or beliefs (work where you agree with the vision)



What does provision 9 state? - (ANSWER)The profession of nursing collectively through its
professional organizations must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession
and integrate principals or social justice into nursing and health policy



Ethics are ________, _______ and _______ - (ANSWER)Unapologetic, aspirational and non-
negotiable



What is the doctrine of double effect? - (ANSWER)Nurse may give meds with the intent s/s of
一个充满爱心的人,能温暖他人,
dying even though secondary impact may decrease respiration's, and perhaps hasten death- the
传递希望。人与人之间的情感交流
nurses actions don't cause the death, the terminal illness causes the death


What does interdisciplinary mean?

What does interprofessional mean?

What does transprofessional mean? - (ANSWER)Interdisciplinary- relating to more than one
branch of knowledge.

Interprofessional- peers from two or more professions in health and social care learn together
during all or part of their professional training with the object of cultivating collaborative
practice for providing client- or patient-centered health care.

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